Case Study Yukon Flashcards
1
Q
What has increased due to increased temps in the yukon?
A
-increased snowmelt and intensity of rainfall events
-melting permafrost
2
Q
What will annual precipitation increase between?
A
5% and 20% by 2100
3
Q
What does snowmelt beginning earlier lead to?
A
-snow cover decreases which alters river regimes bringing earlier peak flows to river basins
4
Q
What did the total ice area shrink by from 1958 to 2008
A
Shrank by 22% with streamflow decreasing
5
Q
Since 2000 inflows in the Yukon river have increased by…
A
-39% due to increasing temps and percipitayion
